Brandon Royval
USABrandon Royval, “Raw Dawg”, is a Flyweight from the United States with an official record of 18-9. MMA Hub holds 24 of those bouts: 16 wins and 8 losses, the wins coming 3 by knockout, 9 by submission and 4 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round submission win over Lone'er Kavanagh at UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 on 11 July 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2026 | Lone'er Kavanagh | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R3 · 3:40 | UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Manel Kape | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 3:18 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Joshua Van | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira |
| Oct 12, 2024 | Tatsuro Taira | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira |
| Feb 25, 2024 | Brandon Moreno | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 |
| Dec 16, 2023 | Alexandre PantojaTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Matheus Nicolau | WIN | KOKnee | R1 · 2:09 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen |
| May 7, 2022 | Matt Schnell | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 2:14 | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje |
| Jan 15, 2022 | Rogerio Bontorin | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze |
| Aug 21, 2021 | Alexandre Pantoja | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:46 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum |
| Nov 21, 2020 | Brandon Moreno | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 4:59 | UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Kai Kara-France | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R2 · 0:48 | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| May 30, 2020 | Tim Elliott | WIN | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 3:18 | UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns |
| Nov 23, 2019 | Nate WilliamsTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission | R1 | LFA 79: Royval vs. Williams |
| May 4, 2019 | Joby Sanchez | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | LFA 65: Royval vs. Sanchez |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Casey KenneyTitle | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 | LFA 53: Royval vs. Kenney |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Charles Johnson | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | LFA 48: Stots vs. Lilley |
| May 4, 2018 | Jerome Rivera | WIN | KOTKO (Injury) | R1 | LFA 39: Heinisch vs. Checco |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Demetrius Wilson | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R2 | LFA 22: Heinisch vs. Perez |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Nick Urso | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 | LFA 10: Heinisch vs. Rota |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Rakan Adwan | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | LFA 5: Edwards vs. Townsend |
| Oct 15, 2016 | Angel Hernandez | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 · 0:34 | SCL 53: SCL 53 |
| May 9, 2016 | Ricky Palacios | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Combate Americas: Road to the Championship 5 |
| Mar 12, 2016 | Danny Mainus | WIN | KOKO | R1 · 2:48 | WSOF 29: Gaethje vs. Foster |
Wins, losses and draws are Brandon Royval’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 24 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Brandon Royval’s record, in numbers
Brandon Royval’s official record is 18-9. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 24 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 16 wins, 8 losses — because 3 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 16 wins break down as 3 by knockout, 9 by submission and 4 by decision — 12 of 16 inside the distance, a finish rate of 75%. Across all 24 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 8 minutes 59 seconds.
Brandon Royval has been stopped 3 times in the 24 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 13% of them.
Of the 24 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 3 were for a title and 3 were the main event of the card. Four of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 248 Flyweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Brandon Royval has a finish rate above 71% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 45% of them and a two-year bout count above 88% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Brandon Royval is listed at 5ft 9in with a reach of 68in, fights southpaw and is 33, born 16 August 1992.
These figures are recomputed from Brandon Royval’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.